Module 6- What have I learned??

I hate to admit it but I learned a lot about what is actually plagiarism and what we need to do to avoid using it in our writing. I had a professor in a previous class who helped me to see that rearranging the original words of another’s work even if we cited the source correctly was still plagiarism. I felt that If I didn’t use their exact words and cited the source I was ok. I have learned that this is not ok. Since this professor told me what I was doing was wrong, even though I didn’t truly understand why I have worked hard at expressing myself in my own words and not just paraphrasing someone else’s work. It has been hard because I have done things this way for years and never been told I was doing it incorrectly. After this module including the podcast on plagiarism and the article I understand better why it was plagiarism. For me if I understand why something is the way it is I can be more supportive of it and I feel more invested to do it correctly. I am thankful for this module, I feel better prepared to write my professional theses is a few months and I feel confident that I will do it correctly.